The senior functionaries of State Governments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would soon meet to find a solution to the problems posed by the Yamuna River. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Friday said that the Chief Secretaries of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh would meet soon to find a solution to the problems posed by the Yamuna river and enter into an agreement for the convenience of the State people.
“If UP agrees to construct a dam, Haryana too would do so and if UP takes any other step to deal with the problem of floods and others, Haryana would also work in that direction,” he said, while addressing Vikas Rally in Yamunanagar district on Friday. The Chief Minister said further action would be taken according to the agreement entered into between the two states on the issue. Referring to the Adarsh Gram Yojana, he said that it had been started for the development of villages.
The Chief Minister urged the influential people living in metropolitan cities and belonging to the State to carry out development works in their native villages. “In order to promote the scheme, ‘Tarun Vikas Yojana’ has been started under which 65,000 volunteers would be prepared for the 65,000 villages of the State”, he added.
While addressing the rally, Manohar lal made several announcements amounting crores of rupees for district Yamunanagar and Radaur block which included developing village Topra Kalan of Yamunanagar as a tourist place with a sum of Rs50 crore. Describing Saraswati as a special river whose origin place is ‘Adi Badri’, he announced a sum of Rs50 crore for its development.
The Chief Minister also approved a sum of Rs18.5 crore for 27 roads out of the 50 roads of Radaur and said that additional Rs10 crore would be allocated for the remaining 23 roads. He added that there is a plan to construct railway line between Yamunanagar and Chandigarh and soon work on it would be started.